i would love to believe that we are there trying to find a guy in a cave but i don't. You guy probably still believe the Gulf of Tonkin was for real. what is it going to take for you guys to take your blinders off and wake up to reality?

Isn't that a pretty standard counter insurgency tactic? If you go in shooting anything that moves, you kill a lot of civilians and thus alienate a population you are there to help. While it may lead to more coalition forces becoming casualties, in the long-term these tactics are designed to save our forces down the road as well.

I believe our mission in Afghanistan is to prevent it from being a safe have for terrorists, not to kill people. This is how lasting partnerships are created. Props to the forces for maintaining in the face of tough orders.